From Getting the Picture to Life Magazine’s Impact // TRAIN BRAIN

From Getting the Picture to Life Magazine’s Impact

In this in-depth overview of the “Life Magazine and the Power of Photography,” learn about how Life shaped readers’ experiences of key historical events in the United States during the magazine’s golden age in the mid-20th century. Hear from curators as they reveal notable discoveries about the magazine and its contributors.
Kristen Gresh, Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Senior Curator of Photographs
Katherine Bussard, Peter C. Bunnell Curator of Photography, Princeton University Art Museum
October 19, 2022

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Black Ancestral Legacies in the Americas

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